But Warren is accused of having a knife during the fight and stabbing Kenyadda Jones nine times.

“At one point during the tussle he said, ‘He stabbed me. He has a knife. He has a knife,’” Patterson said.

Warren fled, leaving Kenyadda Jones lying on the curb in front of the house. Jones was taken to a local hospital, but bled to death, said Washtenaw County Medical Examiner Dr. Jeffrey Jentzen.

Police subsequently arrested Warren in Detroit without incident. He is charged with open murder in the case and is being held without bond at the Washtenaw County Jail.

Patterson said he was at his aunt’s house on Eileen Avenue recording music in the basement the night of March 30. His aunt, Sheila Jones, testified she was sleeping in her bedroom at the time. Her husband was sitting in the dining room listening to music on headphones, she said.

Kenyadda Jones came to the house to give Patterson a ride home. Patterson said he went down to grab his coat and phone in the basement, where he had been recording music. When he came up and went outside, he saw his brother fighting with Warren.

Patterson told attorneys he recognized Warren from living in the Ypsilanti area, specifically the south side and West Willow, which he compared to a small town.

“Pretty much everyone knows each other,” he said.

Patterson said his brother was winning the fight, so he didn’t intervene. After Warren fled, Patterson came to the aid of Kenyadda Jones, who was still breathing. Patterson knew he was wounded, though.

“I lifted up his shirt and I could see he was stabbed,” Patterson said.

Shelia Jones testified that a panicked Patterson woke her up and told her to call 911. Patterson admitted on the stand that while his aunt called 911, he retrieved a handgun and loaded it.

“I went to leave, but I couldn’t,” he said, adding that he went to sit with his brother until the ambulance showed up instead.

Shelia Jones said she doesn’t know Warren, who is also known as “Bry Bry,” but that she knows his family and regards one of his siblings as her “grand-baby.”

There has been some animosity between the families of the defendant and slain man. Kenyadda Jones’ relatives were upset when Warren appeared to be smirking throughout his arraignment earlier this month.